Novahobbies official 110g rebuild thread

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siptang

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yea me too. But I'm feeling good about my own health issue so I'm going to buy myself a 10 dollar frag tomorrow to celebrate! (I know big baller lol. But after that medical hit, I can't lavish out even if I wanted to.)
 
novahobbies

novahobbies

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HA! I didn't even plan this. I'm going to get 2 new tires for the car today. Decided to use a new tire guy, because Tire Kingdom stopped even PRETENDING to use the lube when they tell me to bend over.
I googled this new guy's address, and.....he's RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from my LFS. Heh.......well, I know where I'll be going while the tires are getting done.
 
brent mccloskey

brent mccloskey

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a high quality pond pump should able to handle that much lift. normal aquarium pumps just don't have enough power.
love your ideas, Nova. maybe I'll get that ambitious one day, lol.
 
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Have a ton of work to do tonight before I leave for the mini-cation. Three tanks need water changes (both running QTs, and the horse tank), and the big QT needs to be drained of bleachwater and moved out from the front porch. Gonna be a busy night.
And yes, I did wind up spending money at the fish store yesterday...but for necessary items, not coral. Got some 2-part for the horse tank, and a new scraper to replace the ancient one that finally broke a few weeks.
New tires on the Bimmer are SWEET!
 
novahobbies

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Whew. We got back late last night from our little three-day mini-cation, and today has been a working day and a half. Sadly, we got back to a small tragedy. Seems the person who was watching our animals (and this is NOT her fault, but mine....) thought that the weather was so nice, she turned off our AC for the time we were gone. The house got up to 83 or so...which is hot, but not terribly so for the cats.
The tanks are another story. The Seahorse tank was at 77 with a chiller working overtime just to keep it THAT cool (It's supposed to be 73). I noticed some problems with the big tank right away; the corals were all kind of sad looking. That tank was at 86 degrees.
And the QT tanks, well.....they're smaller, and were in a small closed room. Two QT tanks, each of them were 90 degrees.
I lost the little sunburst Anthias at some point while we were gone. I'm sure the temp was too much for her. As it is, I'm absolutely amazed I didn't lose the McCoscker's or the Midas Blenny. Both of them looked stressed, but alive. I'm actually amazed I didn't lose the other fish. And equally glad (in a weird sort of way) that there was a piece of LR with bristleworms in the tank with the anthias. The bristles ate well this weekend. All that was left of the poor girl was the skeleton, but at least that kept the tank from any large ammonia spike.
I'm upset, but mainly at myself for not telling her to keep the AC on. She fed and took care of all the animals exactly like I had asked, and she had no way of knowing what that would do to the tanks. Non-fish people just don't think of that sort of thing. Spent part of the day cleaning tanks, now I need to sit back and chill a bit.
On the other hand, the main tank is looking pretty nice. I have some growth on my purple monti that I noticed today, and the little birdsnest that I thought was checking out has actually perked up since I moved it down a little!
 
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siptang

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Sorry to hear about fathead... I really like that one too... sucks... one of my lyretail is missing as well.... :/
Hope you had a good mini vacation. Sounds good about the corals and is that the bird that I gave you?
 
luvmyreef

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SO IS THIS THE MONTH FOR MISSING/DYING ANTHIAS OR WHAT!!!!
Seems that way to me.... Sorry to hear about yours......
 
snakeblitz33

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Awe man, that sucks! Sorry to hear about it. Though, don't let that discourage you from going on another vacation sometime in the near future. lol
 
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siptang

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You gotta go somewhere though. I just have person just make sure that my tank is not cracked or my house isn'ton fire lol. Just rely on my auto feeder when I'm gone.
 
novahobbies

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/391428/novahobbies-official-110g-rebuild-thread/740#post_3501108

I haven't had a vacation in four years. The last one I went on was my honeymoon. LOL
You should schedule "cheapie" mini-vacations every once in a while...even just once a year. Even if it's just a weekend getaway at a local hotel with the wife and child. Or, leave the kiddo with the folks and take 2 days with your wife to reconnect. It doesn't have to be fancy, it doesn't have to be pricey, it's just a way to put yourself in a different environment for a day or two and get a new perspective on life.
Since we're certifi(able)ed Floridians, Chel and I have yearly passes to Busch Gardens/Seaworld and Universal Studios. We alternate years with that and Disney/Epcot. It's a small chunk out of our CC's every month, and we get our roller coaster fix in a few times a year that way.
SO, anyway, I did get the 20g tank all cleaned out before I left, so I left it outside to air-dry while I was away. I'll be resetting it sometime this week.
 
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